I am scarred for life from this, and now cower in my office in fear that the phone will ring.

后来我一辈子都怕了这些，就像现在躲在办公室里，生怕电话又会响。

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When you are motivated by fear your life loses its edge as you cower behind the fear which provides you with an excuse not to grow.

当你畏缩在恐惧后面时——它给了你一个不去成长的借口，当你以恐惧作为动机时，你的生命失去了它的优势。

youdao

Over the next few months, as the account manager watched co-workers cower under the boss's brow-beating, he realized that the tyrant fed on fear.

在接下来的几个月里，这位会计主管看到同事们在老板的恫吓下战战兢兢地工作，（下属的）畏惧使得暴君式的老板变本加厉，越发得意。

youdao

The murder of Aqsa Parvez and of countless other women among Muslims will continue not merely because Muslims cower in silence in their fear of radical Islamists, but also for the apathy of the Western public and politicians supinely appeasing and accommodating Muslim organizations such as the CIC.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Bigotry, terror masked as faith